Gary Waters

Alma Mater:

Ferris State (MI)

Class of:

Hometown:

Detroit, MI

High School:

Mackenzie High School

NIT runner-up in 2004 with Rutgers
Won two Mid-American Conference Tournament championships with Kent State (1999 and 2001) and one in Horizon League with Cleveland State (2009)
Assistant coach at Ferris State under James Wink and Tom Ludwig for 14 seasons from 1975-76 through 1988-89, and at Eastern Michigan under Ben Braun for seven seasons from 1989-90 through 1995-96.

Record:

Season	School	Overall	League	Finish	Conference (Division)	Postseason (Record)
1996-97	Kent State	9-18	7-11	7th	Mid-American	DNP
1997-98	Kent State	13-17	9-9	T-2nd	MAC (East)	DNP
1998-99	Kent State	23-7	13-5	2nd	MAC (East)	NCAA (0-1)
1999-00	Kent State	23-8	13-5	2nd	MAC (East)	NIT (2-1)
2000-01	Kent State	24-10	13-5	1st	MAC (East)	NCAA (1-1)
2001-02	Rutgers	18-13	8-8	5th	Big East (West)	NIT (0-1)
2002-03	Rutgers	12-16	4-12	7th	Big East (West)	DNP
2003-04	Rutgers	20-13	7-9	T-8th	Big East	NIT (4-1)
2004-05	Rutgers	10-19	2-14	12th	Big East	DNP
2005-06	Rutgers	19-14	7-9	T-9th	Big East	NIT (1-1)
2006-07	Cleveland State	10-21	3-13	9th	Horizon	DNP
2007-08	Cleveland State	21-13	12-6	T-2nd	Horizon	NIT (0-1)
2008-09	Cleveland State	26-11	12-6	T-3rd	Horizon	NCAA (1-1)
2009-10	Cleveland State	16-17	10-8	T-4th	Horizon	DNP
2010-11	Cleveland State	27-9

15-Year Coaching Record: 271-206 (.568) overall
92-60 (.605) in five years at Kent State
79-75 (.513) in five years at Rutgers
100-71 (.585) in first five years at Cleveland State
55-35 (.611) in Mid-American Conference
28-52 (.350) in Big East Conference
37-33 (.529) in Horizon League
7-3 (.700) in MAC Tournament
2-4 (.333) in Big East Tournament
6-3 (.667) in Horizon League Tournament
2-3 (.400) in NCAA Tournament
7-5 (.583) in NIT